Chapter 2: A/N a thanks to all those who reviewed!
"And this is the last of it," Vaughn said as he laid down the last item of his fantastically prepared dinner on the table.
He sat down across Sydney and took a sip of his wine.
"Wow, Vaughn, you really outdid yourself tonight," exclaimed an impressed Sydney.
"Well, tonight is special."
"Hmmm, " Sydney looked up not knowing what he meant by that.
Vaughn reached up into his pocket and pulled out a box, a small blue box. He reached across the table and gave it to Sydney.
Sydney accepted it not knowing what to say and not knowing what it held. She opened the box delicately and pulled out the tissue paper on top. Underneath she found a shiny new key. She looked up at Vaughn's expecting eyes.
"Syd, move in with me."
Speechless at his offer, "Vaughn, I---"
Vaughn got out of his seat and moved to Sydney's side and kneeled down and took her hand in his.
"Syd, I know this is going to be a change, but think about it, we'll get to see each other everyday. Look around," Vaughn turned around and surveyed the room, Sydney followed his gaze, "most of your stuff is around here anyways. My apartment is practically your second home. Now that Will and Francie are a couple, you know they would appreciate some privacy too."
Sydney laughed at that comment.
Then Vaughn turned serious, "I think that we are at a stage in our relationship now that we both love each other enough to move it to the next step. So what do you say Syd?"
By now, Sydney had tears in her eyes. She had heard Vaughn announce his love for her many times now, but every time that he did, she felt her heart leap. He always had a way of putting his words so eloquently that it made her feel sudden bliss everytime. She placed both her hands on each side of his face and gave him a gentle kiss to show her appreciation for him.
"Yeah. " she breathed. After years of education to be a teacher, all she could say was that one word.
But that was all Vaughn needed to hear. He was ecstatic. He had practiced what he would say to Sydney on the subject of moving in many, many times to himself. He was almost positive what her answer would be, but to hear her say it, he was in heaven.
He stood up and leaned down and brought Sydney into a kiss. They kissed passionately and broke up to have their foreheads touching.
Sydney whispered, "We have a dinner to get back to."
Vaughn smiled. The dinner had been pushed way back in his mind. He took his seat back at his side of the table.
"You know, now that I'm moving in, there is going to be changes made to the house." Sydney took a bite of her food.
Vaughn raised an eyebrow, "oh yeah? What's wrong with my house?"
"See, this was Vaughn's house, Vaughn's bachelor pad with his manly sofa and furniture. This whole house spells Vaughn. Now that I'm moving in, I'm going to bring in a little of Sydney's touch in here. So it'll be Vaughn and Sydney's.
"I like the sound of that," he chuckled, "you can start tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Sydney didn't' realize that it'll be that soon.
"Yeah, tomorrow, we'll go over to your place early, get your stuff organized in boxes, and hopefully by the end of the day, I can take you up to your new bed and we'll, you know, celebrate."
Sydney laughed, "Well I'll be looking forward to that. Wow I'm beginning to like this new side of you. Taking charge and planning everything."
"I'm guessing you like the commanding Vaughn."
"Oh, I like, I like very much. But sometimes I like being on top of things also."
Sydney blushed at even her own comment while Vaughn just laughed. He liked how things were turning light again.
They continued this light banter all through the rest of dinner.
The dirty dishes were piled up in the sink untouched. Neither one of them had felt like taking care of them.
Sydney and Vaughn were curled up next to each other on the couch. Vaughn had his arms around her while Sydney had her legs stretched across Vaughn's lap. They were laughing and talking about happier moments in their lives.
Sydney picked up a photo album entitled "Treasured Memories"
"I never knew you were the sentimental type."
"Its all my mother's doing. I was pretty content with my pictures in a tin container labelled photos."
Sydney opened the album to the first page to find an enlarged picture of Vaughn's parents' wedding picture.
"Vaughn, " Sydney gasped, "this is beautiful."
Sydney didn't' know what to say. This was such a beautiful picture. A beautiful marriage had probably followed. But she hated to think that her mother was the reason that tainted all of it.
She saw the same faraway look that flashed by in Vaughn's eyes everytime Irina Derevko was mentioned.
"Vaughn, you know that we have to talk about that sooner or later."
Vaughn sighed. He didn't know if he should bring it up. It wasn't the fact that his father had been murdered by her mother that he wanted to talk to her about, he wanted to talk to her about their future, marriage to be specific. He didn't want to tell her what he had wanted to tell her for so long. He didn't want to scare her away. But he felt that, looking at his parent's wedding picture , this was the perfect opportunity to bring it up.
So he went for it.
"Sydney," he began while closing the album and taking her hand into hers, "I don't know if this is the right time or place to be telling you this, but I just wanted to let you know that I never see myself leaving you. You mean too much to be for me to ever end this relationship. So if this relationship ever ends, it'll be you doing the dumping. What I'm trying to say is, I see marriage as an option for us. I know that you've had one horrible experience with marriage and one is enough. That is why I want to be the one to provide you with the wonderful experience."
Sydney was definitely speechless.
She had quiet tears streaming down her face.
"So I think that I've made it clear to you what my intentions are."
Sydney had no words to express how she felt, she leaned in to Vaughn and gave him a kiss that took his breath away.
She pulled apart and looked deep into his eyes, those gorgeous, green eyes that told her that this was a man that was deeply in love with her.
"When you're ready, I'll be ready."
With that, she positioned herself and straddled on Vaughn. Hands explored her bodily curves. Before she knew it, he was standing up with her legs around his waist and he was carrying her to his bedroom.
He laid her down on her bed and celebrated a new beginning of their relationship. A new beginning of understanding.
TBC
I will continue depending on the reviews. *Wink* Haha. JUST REVIEW!
"And this is the last of it," Vaughn said as he laid down the last item of his fantastically prepared dinner on the table.
He sat down across Sydney and took a sip of his wine.
"Wow, Vaughn, you really outdid yourself tonight," exclaimed an impressed Sydney.
"Well, tonight is special."
"Hmmm, " Sydney looked up not knowing what he meant by that.
Vaughn reached up into his pocket and pulled out a box, a small blue box. He reached across the table and gave it to Sydney.
Sydney accepted it not knowing what to say and not knowing what it held. She opened the box delicately and pulled out the tissue paper on top. Underneath she found a shiny new key. She looked up at Vaughn's expecting eyes.
"Syd, move in with me."
Speechless at his offer, "Vaughn, I---"
Vaughn got out of his seat and moved to Sydney's side and kneeled down and took her hand in his.
"Syd, I know this is going to be a change, but think about it, we'll get to see each other everyday. Look around," Vaughn turned around and surveyed the room, Sydney followed his gaze, "most of your stuff is around here anyways. My apartment is practically your second home. Now that Will and Francie are a couple, you know they would appreciate some privacy too."
Sydney laughed at that comment.
Then Vaughn turned serious, "I think that we are at a stage in our relationship now that we both love each other enough to move it to the next step. So what do you say Syd?"
By now, Sydney had tears in her eyes. She had heard Vaughn announce his love for her many times now, but every time that he did, she felt her heart leap. He always had a way of putting his words so eloquently that it made her feel sudden bliss everytime. She placed both her hands on each side of his face and gave him a gentle kiss to show her appreciation for him.
"Yeah. " she breathed. After years of education to be a teacher, all she could say was that one word.
But that was all Vaughn needed to hear. He was ecstatic. He had practiced what he would say to Sydney on the subject of moving in many, many times to himself. He was almost positive what her answer would be, but to hear her say it, he was in heaven.
He stood up and leaned down and brought Sydney into a kiss. They kissed passionately and broke up to have their foreheads touching.
Sydney whispered, "We have a dinner to get back to."
Vaughn smiled. The dinner had been pushed way back in his mind. He took his seat back at his side of the table.
"You know, now that I'm moving in, there is going to be changes made to the house." Sydney took a bite of her food.
Vaughn raised an eyebrow, "oh yeah? What's wrong with my house?"
"See, this was Vaughn's house, Vaughn's bachelor pad with his manly sofa and furniture. This whole house spells Vaughn. Now that I'm moving in, I'm going to bring in a little of Sydney's touch in here. So it'll be Vaughn and Sydney's.
"I like the sound of that," he chuckled, "you can start tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Sydney didn't' realize that it'll be that soon.
"Yeah, tomorrow, we'll go over to your place early, get your stuff organized in boxes, and hopefully by the end of the day, I can take you up to your new bed and we'll, you know, celebrate."
Sydney laughed, "Well I'll be looking forward to that. Wow I'm beginning to like this new side of you. Taking charge and planning everything."
"I'm guessing you like the commanding Vaughn."
"Oh, I like, I like very much. But sometimes I like being on top of things also."
Sydney blushed at even her own comment while Vaughn just laughed. He liked how things were turning light again.
They continued this light banter all through the rest of dinner.
The dirty dishes were piled up in the sink untouched. Neither one of them had felt like taking care of them.
Sydney and Vaughn were curled up next to each other on the couch. Vaughn had his arms around her while Sydney had her legs stretched across Vaughn's lap. They were laughing and talking about happier moments in their lives.
Sydney picked up a photo album entitled "Treasured Memories"
"I never knew you were the sentimental type."
"Its all my mother's doing. I was pretty content with my pictures in a tin container labelled photos."
Sydney opened the album to the first page to find an enlarged picture of Vaughn's parents' wedding picture.
"Vaughn, " Sydney gasped, "this is beautiful."
Sydney didn't' know what to say. This was such a beautiful picture. A beautiful marriage had probably followed. But she hated to think that her mother was the reason that tainted all of it.
She saw the same faraway look that flashed by in Vaughn's eyes everytime Irina Derevko was mentioned.
"Vaughn, you know that we have to talk about that sooner or later."
Vaughn sighed. He didn't know if he should bring it up. It wasn't the fact that his father had been murdered by her mother that he wanted to talk to her about, he wanted to talk to her about their future, marriage to be specific. He didn't want to tell her what he had wanted to tell her for so long. He didn't want to scare her away. But he felt that, looking at his parent's wedding picture , this was the perfect opportunity to bring it up.
So he went for it.
"Sydney," he began while closing the album and taking her hand into hers, "I don't know if this is the right time or place to be telling you this, but I just wanted to let you know that I never see myself leaving you. You mean too much to be for me to ever end this relationship. So if this relationship ever ends, it'll be you doing the dumping. What I'm trying to say is, I see marriage as an option for us. I know that you've had one horrible experience with marriage and one is enough. That is why I want to be the one to provide you with the wonderful experience."
Sydney was definitely speechless.
She had quiet tears streaming down her face.
"So I think that I've made it clear to you what my intentions are."
Sydney had no words to express how she felt, she leaned in to Vaughn and gave him a kiss that took his breath away.
She pulled apart and looked deep into his eyes, those gorgeous, green eyes that told her that this was a man that was deeply in love with her.
"When you're ready, I'll be ready."
With that, she positioned herself and straddled on Vaughn. Hands explored her bodily curves. Before she knew it, he was standing up with her legs around his waist and he was carrying her to his bedroom.
He laid her down on her bed and celebrated a new beginning of their relationship. A new beginning of understanding.
TBC
I will continue depending on the reviews. *Wink* Haha. JUST REVIEW!
